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1848

1848: Soulouque organizes the ‘zinglins’, a loyal paramilitary force designed to neutralize the power of the regular army.

1848: Soulouque organizes the ‘zinglins’, a loyal paramilitary force designed to neutralize the power of the regular army. This group became the emperor’s primary tool for enforcing social control and suppressing political dissent.

Source  ·  p. 83 Nicholls, From Dessalines to Duvalier, 83